“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.”

1. Bhakta Pothana
11/4/2019 © Bhakta Pothana 1

3. At the beginning of
Jesus’ public ministry,
what did John the
Baptist say that Jesus
would do (Matt. 3:11)?
“He will baptize you
with the Holy Spirit and
with fire.”

4. While teaching His
disciples in the Upper
Room, what did Jesus tell
His disciples He would do
for them (John 16:7)?
He promised to send them
the Holy Spirit!

5. On Resurrection evening,
the very day our Lord was
raised from the dead, what
did Jesus do for His
disciples
(John 20:19-22)?
He gave them the Holy Spirit!

6. Forty days later, just prior to His ascension, Jesus told His
disciples to do something. What did He tell them to do
(Luke 24:46-49)?
To wait for the promise
of the Father that
would clothe them in
power.

7. Notice that the disciples already had received the Holy Spirit
(in John 20), and were then told to wait for something else
(in Luke 24). That “something else” was the Baptism in the
Holy Spirit.
Luke 24 goes
right into Acts 1.
In Acts 1:4,5,8,
what does Jesus
tell His disciples
to do? Why?
He tells them to wait for the promise of the
Father, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
The reason they needed to wait is that they
needed to be clothed in power.

8. The Book of Acts unfolds the story of a church full of the
Holy Spirit who ministered in the power of the Spirit. They
were a church indwelt, filled, and baptized with the Holy
Spirit …
a vigorous and vibrant church.

9. HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM
WHAT?

10. HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM
WHAT?
It is a visitation of God by
His Spirit, bringing home
to us with overwhelming
force all the provisions
and fullness of Christ.
Holy Spirit Baptism is an
imbuement of power for a
more vibrant witness and
testimony.

11. HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM
WHY?

12. HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM
WHY?
It is an unusual power and boldness for service,
witness, and testimony.

13. HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM
WHO?

14. It is available to every believer. Acts 2:1, 33, 39.

15. Holy Spirit Baptism is a sovereign gift of God.
Ask in faith.

16. The Holy Spirit who
indwells us makes us a
child of God. I Cor.
6:19; Rom. 8:9,11.
Enoikountos =
indwelling; oikos =
house.

17. The Holy Spirit who fills us seeks to control us
and make us like Christ. Eph. 5:18.
Plēróō = to control

18. CLARIFICATION OF TERMS
BAPTIZED IN THE SPIRIT

19. CLARIFICATION OF TERMS
BAPTIZED IN THE SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit imbues us with power for
witness and testimony. Acts 1:8.

20. We will look at:
Luke & Acts
The Gospel of John
Paul’s Letters

21. -Book of Acts Depicts the role of the Holy
Spirit in providing power for witness and
proclamation. Almost every time the Holy Spirit
is mentioned.

22. -Wait on the Holy Spirit. Long for the Holy
Spirit. Pursue him. Follow him. Hunger for him
(Luke 24, Acts 1).
-the scripture help us to understand what the
Holy Spirit does THROUGH us to reach others.

23. The Apostle John emphasized the Holy Spirit’s
role in regeneration…new birth. Some have
noted how he starts John 1 similarly to Genesis 1.
John 3 – “born again”
John 20 – “He breathed on them and said,
‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’” (Like God breathed
life into Adam?)

24. Last Supper Discourse of Jesus:
Holy Spirit is most active in the believer when the
believer is in a place of abiding (John 15).
Holy Spirit guides, comforts, leads, teaches the
believer. He reveals the Father and more about Jesus to
the believer. He is intimately involved with the believer’s
life if allowed.

25. Holy Spirit is active not just in the life of the
believer, but in the world as well. He convicts it of
sin righteousness and judgment.
Interestingly, John’s revelation adds that the
Holy Spirit encourages, rebukes, reproves,
disciplines, calls to repentance, and more. We are to
listen to what the Spirit is saying to the church.

26. The gospel of John focuses both on what the Holy
Spirit does IN us as well as THROUGH us.

27. -Yielding to the Holy Spirit produces godly
fruit (Gal. 5) and spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12-14).

28. CAUTION
NEVER REDUCE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO A DOCTRINE
Remember, the baptism in the
Holy Spirit is not the beginning
and end all.
God is more concerned with
people living their daily lives in
constant partnership with and
surrender to the Holy Spirit
than he is with them having a
“BHS” one-time experience.
God loves when we “wait in
Jerusalem” for his power to
live. (Acts 2 and 4)